Golf club

Abstract

A golf club especially constructed to eliminate the backspin imparted on a golf ball when striking the ball and to improve the player's control and accuracy of the golf putt by ensuring that the center of the ball, the center of the clubface and the center of the golf club all meet at one point when the putter strikes the ball.

We claim: 
     
       1. In a golf club having a shaft and a flat clubface the improvement which comprises that the center of the shaft is in alignment with the center of the clubface and at an angle and passing through the shaft between 50° and 900° with respect to the vertical, the clubface having an integral middle portion with an arch of at least about 1.62 inches high said shaft being attached to said middle portion, and indicator means for aligning up the golf club with a golf ball. 
     
     
       2. The golf club of claim 1 wherein the indicator means consist of at least two marks, the first mark being situated at about the intersection of the clubface and the center of the clubface and axially aligned with a second mark situated atop on the clubface, wherein the first mark is also situated at about the center of the clubface and the center of the shaft. 
     
     
       3. The golf club of claim 1 wherein the shaft is aligned at approximately a 70° angle in relation to the horizontal axis of the clubface. 
     
     
       4. The golf club of claim 1 wherein the clubface is about 43/4  inches long and about 1 inch high. 
     
     
       5. The golf club of claim 1 wherein the golf club is unitary. 
     
     
       6. The golf club of claim 1 wherein the shaft is affixed to the clubface. 
     
     
       7. The golf club of claim 1 which is a putter. 
     
     
       8. The golf club of claim 1 wherein said clubface has a circular middle portion. 
     
     
       9. The golf club of claim 1 wherein the center line of the shaft is in line with the center of the clubface and the height of the arch is about the height of the ball.